Karnataka Government is rethinking on RTE Karnataka Quota

Ka ataka Gove ment is rethinking on RTE Ka ataka Quota As Per The Ka ataka Gove ment Cabinet Minister Mr. Tanveer Sait, The Ka ataka State Gove ment is re-thinking on RTE quota, the reason cited is Hike in reimbursement expenditure, falling student strength in Gove ment schools, With State Gove ment of Ka ataka having spent Rs.685 Crore science 2012 on reimbursing fee of students under the RTE quota in private schools, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait on Monday September 2017, said the Gove ment is rethinking the 25% quota under the RTE Act.

Minister ruled out any impact on students already admitted under the Quota and said they would receive education till class 10. Ka ataka State is the leading in the implementation of reservation clause under RTE, This academic year the state gove ment is estimated to have spent Rs.350 crore on fee reimbursement of 5.22 Lakh children's studying in 11,918 schools.

"About 5,000 schools are surviving only because of the funds they are availing under RTE quota", Minister Tanveer Sait said.

There is steep hike in expenditure on reimbursement this year as the state gove ment has increased expenditure per child from Rs.5,924/- to Rs.8000/- for pre-prmary classes and from Rs.11,848/- to Rs.16,000/0 for others, besides this, the number of students admitted under RTE quota has been steadily increasing over the years.

Ka ataka Development Authority recommended diverting funds used for reimbursement towards betterment of infrastructure in Gove ment run schools. Mr. Sait said the Central Gove ments share of funds, which was 65% in the yer 2015-16, declined to 60% in 2016-17 academic year.

The Ministry of HRD (Human Resource Development) has approved State plan of Rs.1,809 Cror for the academic year 2016-17, it has agreed to fund only 438.5 Cror, which is a little less than 25%, Mr. Tanveer sait said, added that they have taken up the matter with MHRD Ministry Prakash Javadekar who then assured them of additional sanctioning of Rs.100 Crore funds.